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Film: The critical list

The Squid and the WhaleBrooklyn in the 1980s is the setting for Noah Baumbach’s wry, touching story of a literary family in the throes of divorce. As the Berkmans, Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney are superb — impervious to the needs of their two wayward young sons. Here is grown-up drama at its best.CL15, 81 mins

The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaTommy Lee Jones makes his debut as a big-screen director, and plays a modern-day cowboy who takes gruesome steps to honour a dead friend. Enjoyably rugged in its look and in the way it keeps faith with the plot.EP15, 121 mins

Junebug This US indie drama brings wit and understanding to a stock scenario: a big-city sophisticate meets her husband’s small-town family for the first time. The Oscar-nominated Amy Adams has the most memorable role: a young woman entranced by the new arrival. E